"Often the features metaphysicians are interested in, like causation, time, and essence, involve features that seem so basic or are so generally embedded in the way we experience the world that it takes special attention and focus to draw them out and develop an account of their nature."

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Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com

L.A. Paul

#Essence Quotes #Focus Quotes #Special Quotes

“And when I started college, I think I was good at two things: arguing and asking questions.”
“How can we all be better? We can be better by constantly evolving and not saying, Because baseball has always had men, let's make sure we keep it that way. I think we should always challenge ourselves to do things that have never been done.”

Source : Source: www.marieclaire.com
“Without a strong cup to carry the emotion, it is only a curiosity. Great art can come to us only in strong cups. Without emotion, there is nothing to carry.”
“I am joining the government not from the academic position but from St. Petersburg city council.”
“No good book has ever been written that has in it symbols arrived at beforehand and stuck in. ... I tried to make a real old man, a real boy, a real sea and a real fish and real sharks. But if I made them good and true enough they would mean many things”
“History suggests that capitalism is a necessary condition for political freedom. Clearly it is not a sufficient condition.”
“America's problem is how to free itself from the grip of it's exhausted ideas.”

Source : "Barbarian Sentiments - How The American Century Ends". Book by William Pfaff, Chapter 1, Dead Stars, p. 11, 1989.
“Everyone needs a place where they can go to just ponder for a while. Silence is important; it's the only time you can hear the whispering of truth.”

Source : Glenn Beck, Kevin Balfe, Jason Wright (2008). “The Christmas Sweater”, p.217, Simon and Schuster

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